Vehicle wheel
AssigneeHayes Lemmerz Holding GmbH
InventorsWerner Kermelk, Peter Reh
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Abstract
The invention relates to a vehicle hybrid wheel comprising a formed steel rim ring and a wheel disk, manufactured as a light-alloy casting having a concentrically formed disk edge, on which the rim ring bears at least partially at multiple, spaced contact points for rotationally fixed connection to the wheel disk. In order to ensure an adequate force flux between the rim ring and the wheel disk, the wheel disk is provided with a circumferentially formed depression, in which a circumferential edge of the rim ring, angled radially outwards in relation to a bead seat section formed on the rim ring, engages by positive interlock and/or force closure.
Claims25
A vehicle wheel having a drop center, drop center flanks, safety bulges, an outer bead seat flank, an inner bead seat flank, an outer retaining flange and an inner retaining flange for supporting a tire, consisting of a formed steel rim ring and a wheel disk, manufactured as a light-alloy casting having bolt holes for connection to a vehicle hub, and a disk edge, which is formed concentrically around a wheel axis and on which the rim ring bears at least partially at multiple, spaced contact points for rotationally fixed connection to the wheel disk, wherein the wheel disk with a section of the disk edge forms the outer retaining flange of the vehicle wheel and is provided on an inner side of the section merging into the outer bead seat flank with a circumferentially formed depression, in which a circumferential edge of the rim ring, angled radially outwards in relation to a bead seat section formed on the rim ring, engages by at least one of a positive interlock and a force closure, wherein the circumferential edge of the rim ring is integral with and non-distinct from the rim ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.